Man charged with armed Wilton Manors home invasion

A 29-year-old man was ordered held without bond Tuesday and accused of holding up several people in a Wilton Manors home at gunpoint.

Michael Jerome Thomas, of Wilton Manors, is facing multiple counts of armed burglary, grand theft, petty theft, kidnapping and false imprisonment in connection with the Jan. 4 incident. He also was charged with home invasion and robbery with a firearm.

According to a police report read in court by Broward Judge John "Jay" Hurley during Thomas' first-appearance court hearing, Thomas called a woman who lived in the home to allow him to visit her.

When he got to the home, he went into her bedroom and took out a revolver, he said.

"At gunpoint, you demanded money, took her money, ordered her to lay on the floor," the judge said.

Thomas went on to rob several other people who also lived in the home, which had been partitioned into seven bedrooms that were rented out on a weekly basis, Hurley said.

Thomas allegedly told the home's residents that if they didn't comply, they would be shot.

Citing an ongoing investigation and the possibility of additional arrests, a Wilton Manors police spokesman Tuesday declined to provide additional information about the incident.